Locking device for motor-vehicles.



AS. REISER.

LOCKING DEVICE fOH MOTOR VEHCLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR-8.1918.

Patented J uly O, 1918.

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SIGMUND REISER,

OF CINCINNATI,

OHIO.

LOCKING DEVICE FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J uly 9, 1918.

Application tiled April 8. 1918. Serial No. 227,250.

To (LM Hzom t may concern:

lle it known that l, Siouuxn liaison, a citizen otI the United States, and a resident oi' ('iincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and Siate of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locking Devices` for Motor-Vehicles, of which the following is a full, clear. and exact description, reference heiner had to the accompany- 'my r drawings, forming a part ol this speciliealloll.

.\I v invention relates to locking devicesl'or motor vehicles.

'l`he principal ohject oi my invention is lo provide locking mechanism for locking Ihlpedals and steering column ot' a motor vehicle. With this main object in View, the present invention is directed particularly to oei-rain improvements in the loi-king plunger mechanism and other features of the loclc set forth in my United btates latent. No. lzoollll dated March 19. lille. lntheplunj l r mechanism ot' the locking device of my od patent. in order to engage the several locking meel". miams it is necessary to have holh of the pedals ot' the whicle and the kteering column all in proper positions` to f-eeire he locking plungers simultaneously, rhifh requires that hot'h of the pedals he held lo forward position atV the same time and that, the steering column be accurately .sel when the locking;4 planners are thrown. (lue, ot the objects of my invention is to olivi-ate this diliieulty hy the provision of locking plunger-s which may be individually rug-aged automatically upon placing the pedals and vering column in the required position.

th: o'hincta of my invention will appear from tie following description thereof.

ln the drawings:

Figure 1 is a sectional View of a portion ot' a motor vehicle to which my new lock has been applied.

Fig. 2 is a perspective of the lock as attached to a vehicle.

The numeral 1 indicates the dash of an automobile, 2 the pedal thereof, and 3 the steeringcolumn. Secured to the front of the dash 1, under the hood, is a hase plate, l. Hlidahly mounted on the plate -l by means ot' slots 5 and bolts (l is a plunger plate 7,l on the lower end of which is a forwardly extended flange. 8. Mounted to reciprocate in openings in they flange 8 are three locking plungers t), l0 and l1, which are arranged to lock the hrake and clutch pedals and the steering column respectively. The, said plungers are secured in the openings in the fiange H by means ot' collars l2 above said Hangt-.and eoil springs 13 mounted on the plungers and interliosrul between the under side ot' thefiange and shoulders on the respective plungers. Secured to the plate 4 is a guide plate 1-1, thrimgh which the lower ends of the plungers operate.

livotally connected with each of the pedals L). is a lock har 15, each ot' which is provided with an opening into which the lower end of the respective plunger may enter when the har is in jforward position` that is when the pedal is thrown forward, thus locking the, pedal. The lock hars 15 slide through openings in the hase plate l. Mounted on the steering' column is a collar 1G which has recesses in which the lower end of the third plunger 11, may enter, to lock the steering column.

Secured to the forward end of a shaft 17, rotatably mounted in the dash, is an eccentric disk 1H, which is provided on its front tace with a roller 1t) which engages a slot 2U in the plunger plate 7. The disk 18 operates in an opening 21 in the hase plato 4. The inner end of the shaft 17 has an operating' lever 22. The shaft 17 is provided with locking mechanism in a housing 23 on the dash` which mechanism may he, of any desired type, the features thereof comprising no phase of the present invention. It may consist typically of a disk :24 on tho shaft 17, having notches 25 arranged to be engaged hy a dog to he operated h v a key 26 in the usual manner.

The )longer plate 7 and the plungers are covered by a housing 27 to prevent manipulation of the device.

The operation of the device is as follows: In order to lock the vehicle the lever 22 is first rotated .sothat` the plunger plate 7 is pushed downwardly to its lowest position. In this position, the lower ends ofl the plungers abut against collar lti and bars l5, the, springs 13 being compressed, as shown in the case of the, plunger 9 of Fig. The pedals are then thrown forward, separately if de.- sircd, each of the plungers entering the openiup,r in its lock bar as said opening,l comes under the plunger, being actuated hy the springs 13', plunger 1U being shown in locked position. The steering column may be also operated and is similarly engaged by the plunger 11. The parts are secured in this iosition by means of the lock operated by key 26. To unlock the vehicle, the key 26 is used to unlock the shaft 17, the plunger plate, and plungers, are then raised, thereby releasing the pedals and steering column.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. In combination with a motor vehicle having pedals to control the o eration of said vehicle, a plunger plate Inova ly mounted on said lvehicle, plungers movably mounted in said plate, bars connected with said pedals and operable therewith, said bars havin openings arranged to be engaged by sai( plungers when the pedals und plunger plate are in prearrangcd locking positions, means on said plungers to place the same under tension against said bars when said plate is in locking position and said pedals are not in locking positions, whereby said plungers are caused automatically to enter t le open-- ings in said bars upon the operation of said pedals into locking ositions, and means for the o )eration of sal plunger plate.

2. lln combination with a motor vehicle l having pedals to control the operation of Said vehicle, a 4plunger plate movably mounted on said vehicle, plungers movably mounted in said plate, bars connected with said pedals and operable therewith, Said bars having o enings arranged to be engaged by said p ungers when the pedals and plunger plate are in prearranged locking positions, means on said plungers to place the same under teniler/1,941

sion against said bars when said plate is in locking position and said 'pedals are not in locking positions, whereby said )lungcrs are caused automatically to enter die openings in said bars upon the operation of said pedals into lookin ositions, means for the operation of sai p linger plate, and means to look said lunger plate in locking position.

3. n combination with a, motor vehicle havingpedals and a steering column to control thc operation of said vehicle, a plunger plate movably mounted on said vehicle, plungcrs movably mounted in said plunger plate, bars connected with said 'edals and operable therewith, said bars iaving openings arranged to be engaged by certain ol' said plungers when the pedals and plunger plate are in prearranged lockino positions, a collar rigidly secured to sairl steering column, said collar havinga recess arranged Lo be engaged by one of said plungris when the plunger plate and steering column nrc in locking positions, means on said plungers lo place the same under tension against said bars and said collar respectively when. said plate is in locking position and said pedals and steerin column are not in .locking positions, where )y said plungers are caused automatically to enter the openings in said bars and the recess in said collar respectively upon the operation oii said pedals and steerA ing column into locking posit-ions. means for the operation of said plunger plate, und means to lock said plunger plate in locking position. 

